diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d21cfc3f..a7213643a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ if(FINUFFT_USE_CUDA)
             "FINUFFT WARNING: No CUDA architecture supplied via '-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=...', defaulting to 'native'"
         )
         message(WARNING "See: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus for more details on what architecture to supply.")
+        set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "native")
     endif()
-    set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "native")
     enable_language(CUDA)
     find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
     add_subdirectory(src/cuda)